On January 12, the FTC held its second annual PrivacyCon conference in Washington. The day-long event featured presentations and exhibits by a number of scholars and privacy experts offering their research on consumer privacy and security in the digital age.
Chairwoman Edith Ramirez opened PrivacyCon by noting the myriad ways that consumer data is collected,
An operator of a mortgage relief scam and an attorney agreed to court orders banning them from the debt relief business in order to resolve allegations brought by the FTC that they swindled millions of dollars from financially distressed homeowners.
According to the FTC’s Complaint, in the scheme, Damian Kutzner and four attorneys operating
Approximately a year after filing an amended complaint and three months after settling with a group of co-defendants, the Federal Trade Commission and Florida Attorney General have filed papers seeking entry of agreed permanent injunctions and monetary judgments against a second group of co-defendants involved in an alleged nationwide debt relief telemarketing scam. The
The FTC issued a new video and updated guide for businesses on how to respond to a data breach. The three steps identified in the guide and discussed in the video are:
On November 21, the Director of the Bureau of Consumer Protection of the Federal Trade Commission commented on the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s Federal Automated Vehicles Policy. The Director opened the comment with a brief review of the FTC’s focus on privacy and security efforts related to connected devices and the Internet of
The Federal Trade Commission has begun mailing checks totaling over $830,000 to almost 3,500 consumers who fell victim to a telemarketing debt collection scheme targeting Spanish-speaking consumers for payment of bogus debts. Centro Natural Corp, Sumore LLC, and several individuals operated a telemarketing debt collection scam that used international callers who claimed to be government
Join Troutman Sanders Partners Ashley L. Taylor, Jr., Alan D. Wingfield and Mary C. Zinsner for a complimentary webinar to discuss likely impact points for the banking and financial services industry when President-Elect Donald Trump begins his administration in January 2017.
Specific topics of discussion include the potential repeal in whole or part of the
On May 24, 2017, the Federal Trade Commission will host an all-day conference in Washington, D.C., examining the state of identity theft and how it may evolve in the future. The conference, titled “Planning for the Future,” corresponds to the ten-year anniversary of the creation of the Identity Theft Task Force, which is co-chaired by
The FTC has filed a complaint and secured a temporary injunction against five companies and their owners, alleging use of deceptive practices to trick consumers into purchasing unneeded technology services for their computers.
As detailed in the complaint, the FTC alleges that the scheme worked as follows: a pop-up ad would appear on a consumer’s
On December 14, the FTC, along with a coalition of 13 states and the District of Columbia, entered into a settlement agreement with Ashley Madison over allegations that the online dating site deceived consumers and failed to protect 36 million users’ account and profile information in relation to a massive July 2015 data breach.